The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-12-02
England and America.

We must not forget that our fathers
were exiles from their dearly lovea
natiyc land, driven by causes which no
longer exist. "Frccd0m to worship
God" is found in England rs fully as in
America, in our day. In placing tne
Atlantic between themselves aud the
Old World civilizations they made an
enormous sacrifice. 1t is true that the
wonderful advance of u people IN
Ill tho arts and accomplishments which
make life agreeable has transformed
the wilderness into q homo where men
and women al live comfortably,
Elegantly. happily, if they have a con.
tentcd disposition; and without that
they con DO happy nowhere. What
better provision can be made ior
mortal man than such rs our W
Boston can afford its wealthy children
A palace on Commonwealth Avenue
or on Beacon Street. q country-piacc
ct birmingham or Lenox; a seaside
residence ut Nal!ant, Beverly Farms
Newport, or Bar Harbor; q pew at
Trinity or Kings Chapel; a tomb at
Mount Auburn or Forest Hills; with
tho prL1pcct of a memorial stained
window after his lamcntcd dcmise.-
is not this u pretty programme to offer
. candidate for human existence?
Give him all these advantages. and
he will still be- longing to cross tho
water, to got back to that old home of
his fathers, so delightful in itself. SO
infinitely desirable on account OF its
nearness to Paris, to Geneva, to Rome.
to all that is most interesting in
Europe. The less wealthy, less culti-
vated, less fastidious c!. 50 of Ameri-
cans are not so much haunted by these
longlngs. But the convenience of liv.
ing in the Old World is SO great. and
It Is such a trial and such a risk to
keep crossing the ocean, that it seems
altogether likely that a considerable
current of re-migration will gradually
develop itself among people.
Some find tho climate of the other
side of the Atlantic suits them better
than their own. AS the New England
characteristics L gradually super
seeded by those of other races, other
forms of belief, and other associations,
the time may come when n New Eng
lander will feel more as if he were
among his own people in London than
in n of III seaboard cities. The
vast majority of our people love their
country too well and are too proud OF
1t to be willing to eXpatriate them-
selves. But going back to u old
home, to find ourselves among the
relatives from whom we have en-
separated for a few generations, is
not like transferring ourselves to q
land where another languagci is spoken,
and where there are no ties of blood
and no common religious or political
traditions. l. for one, being myself
as inveterately rooted al American of
the Bostonian variety as ever saw him-
self mirrored in the Frog Pond, hope
that the exchanges OF emigrants and
re-migrants will bc much more evenly
balanced by and by than at present.
I hope that morc Englishmen like
James Smithson will help to build up
BUR scientific and literary institutions.
hope that moro Americans like
George Peabody will call down the
blessings Of the English people by
noble bencfact,ons to the cause Of
charity. 1t was with deep feelings OF
pride and gratitude that Hooked upon
Tho bust of Longfellow, holding its
place among tho monuments of Eng.
lands greatest and best children. ]
see with equal pleasure and pride that
one of II own largc-licartcd country
men has honored the memory of two
English poets, Milton and Cowper, by
the gift of two beautiful stained win-
dows, and with still amplcr Muniii-
cencc is erecting Il stately fountain in
the birthplace of Shakespeare. Such
| acts as these make us feel more and
more the truth of the generous scnti-
mcnt which closes the ode of Washing.
ton Allston, America to England: .We
are onc!'-Otsrcs HcntsyU Holmes, ia